1
as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals
that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community
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2
as in instrument
something used to achieve an end
uses the business as an organ to fund a variety of political and social causes
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Recent Examples of organ
However, the Chicago Cubs legend announced in December that the cancer had not only returned, but had spread to other organs.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
This can progress to septic shock, which is a dramatic drop in blood pressure that can damage the lungs, kidneys, liver and other organs.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 16 July 2025
These new laws include a measure that bans diversity, equity and inclusion in public schools and one that strictly defines man and woman based on their reproductive organs.
—Brooke Sopelsa, NBC news, 15 July 2025
The smallest organ is the pineal gland, located in the back of the brain.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
This can progress to septic shock, which is a dramatic drop in blood pressure that can damage the lungs, kidneys, liver and other organs.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 16 July 2025
These new laws include a measure that bans diversity, equity and inclusion in public schools and one that strictly defines man and woman based on their reproductive organs.
—Brooke Sopelsa, NBC news, 15 July 2025
The smallest organ is the pineal gland, located in the back of the brain.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organ
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Friday against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 July 2025
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Some instruments were not in their standard positions, and these were not buttons that could be jostled out of place by an explosion: They were made to be handled by human fingers, which is apparently what happened after the blast.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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His thrust is political: to examine how assassination functions as an instrument, and how states’ reactions to assassination shape its use.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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How accurate is the Farmers' Almanac? Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818, providing long-range weather predictions for the U.S. and Canada.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr (1957) $16 $19 now 16% off This used to be a proper country, where numerous humor writers regularly published in mainstream periodicals their gentle, relatable, and cutting musings about the foibles of modern life.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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According to Healthcare Workers Watch, a Palestinian non-governmental organization that has been cited in medical journals and international media reports, Sultan was the seventieth health-care worker killed in the Gaza Strip in the past fifty days alone.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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The fossil was displayed at the Museum of Ancient Life in Thanksgiving Point, Utah, from 2000 to 2024 and has not been studied or described formally in a scientific journal, Sotheby’s said.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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But as Jennifer Levasseur wrote for Smithsonian magazine in 2019, the franchise’s branding and merchandising campaigns—through the sale of toys, figurines and eventually video games—helped secure the franchise’s financial success and inspired its global fandom.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 July 2025
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Brinkley celebrated her Social Life cover and hosted Polo Hamptons on Saturday, July 19 with the magazine’s editor-in-chief Devorah Rose and publisher Justin Mitchell.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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Record company executives, agents, producers and bookers dominate the panel discussions.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Flood insurance is available through your company, agent, or the National Flood Insurance Program.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The book is published with Forbes Books, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes.—
Forbes Books Press Release Official,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The half-giant Hagrid features in every Harry Potter book and is one of the first characters to appear in The Philosopher’s Stone.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
15 July 2025
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“Organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organ. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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